Gridiron Flow Essentials is a free, cross-platform, project operating system created specifically for graphic designers and other creative experts in print, web, video and interactive sectors.

Flow Essentials focuses on project management, file tracking and file relationships, team collaboration on
projects, and efficient time management. In one simple, elegant interface, everyone involved in a project can view, instantly access, and share all project files - regardless of where they're stored or who created them.

Flow Essentials is a SaaS-model (Software as-a Service) product. All of your Flow 2.0 Essentials information (not to be confused with your physical assets and files) is stored both locally on your machine and in the cloud. For your initial use of Flow 2.0 Essentials, you must connect to the Internet. Any work after initial connection can be done offline.

Key Benefits of GridIron Flow:
1. Effortless project management
2. Clear understanding of project structure
3. Quick search options to locate files
4. Visual representation of your workflow and file relationships
5. Easy and impactful collaboration with team members

Project Collaboration
Transparent and Effective project management with Project Maps
1. Immediately know what team members are doing & what has changed in a project using a graphical project-based view
2. See all project genealogy and changes instantly using visual Project maps
3. Show exactly what is needed and by whom, instantly: Automatically generate notifications about files or projects when action is required

Organization
Efficient file management via File Maps
1. Easier and more intuitive than the OS: Workflow maps let you find, manage & move files while seeing the effects of relationship changes immediately!
2. See what you need without digging for it: Info Overlays give detailed file information at a glance

Secure Online Storage - 4GB FREE
Not just the average cloud storage, but tailored to how creative teams work
1. Share any file, any folder, anywhere: Free 4 GB of online storage lets you synchronize and access your project files from multiple devices and locations without need to specify a 'sharing folder'
2. Need to move that file or folder? No problem! New technology allows capability to change location of a file locally and STILL have it correctly shared. No other OS gives you this flexibility

Workflow Maps
A 30,000-foot view of your project in an instant
1. View all the files in your project, even if they're offline. View the file relationships even if some files are missing
2. Select a file to see its layers, compositions, thumbnails, fonts, and more, all without launching the file
3. Compare multiple full size previews of images, movies and audio files, without having to open them
4. Keep your entire project together, even documents or spreadsheets: Just drag-and-drop files or folders onto your project Map
5. Easily control the level of detail in your Workflow Map by grouping items or removing nodes

Real-time Asset Tracking
Track the connections between your project files in real-time
1. Real-time Asset Tracking technology runs automatically, invisibly and non-intrusively in the background, constantly updating the Workflow Maps
2. See your Project Map automatically update each time you do a Save/Save As, Copy/Paste, Drag & Drop or Import/Export
3. Track your files regardless of where they're located: online or offline; on local, network or removable storage devices
4. Get notifications if you delete a file that's crucial to your project, and the option to recover files at any time

Visual Search
Find files with visual preview and its relation to other files
1. Search within your system or within defined projects using multiple criteria
2. Search for internal file attributes such as layers, fonts, and compositions
3. See search results displayed in your file maps along with full size previews
4. Search for files across your organization and across the cloud, whether online or offline
5. Search for files using name, date or file type. Use advanced search criteria to search metadata including EXIF, XMP, or Flow custom data such as tags

Effective Communication
Effective project collaboration with other team members
1. Invite contacts from your address list or popular email applications* to become team members on your project from within Flow's Manage panel
2. See when other team members are online and get automatic notification when changes are made to files within your projects
3. Receive alerts and notifications regarding projects including information about members

Requirements:
* Broadband connection for download

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this business management software.